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source: thedugout.football
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# Arsenal 3-0 Coventry

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 21 Aug 20:00
- **League:** Premier League, Regular Season - 1
- **Venue:** Emirates Stadium, London

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 15' | Normal Goal | K. Havertz (R. Calafiori) | Arsenal |
| 23' | Normal Goal | B. Saka | Arsenal |
| 27' | Yellow Card | C. Yirenkyi | Coventry |
| 34' | Yellow Card | Gabriel | Arsenal |
| 49' | Normal Goal | M. Odegaard (B. White) | Arsenal |
| 62' | Substitution 1 | C. Yirenkyi (on for V. Torp) | Coventry |
| 68' | Substitution 1 | B. Saka (on for N. Madueke) | Arsenal |
| 68' | Substitution 2 | D. Rice (on for M. Zubimendi) | Arsenal |
| 70' | Substitution 2 | E. Simms (on for T. Awoniyi) | Coventry |
| 70' | Substitution 3 | B. Thomas-Asante (on for J. Rudoni) | Coventry |
| 76' | Substitution 3 | C. Tzolis (on for E. Eze) | Arsenal |
| 76' | Substitution 4 | M. Odegaard (on for M. Merino) | Arsenal |
| 81' | Substitution 5 | R. Calafiori (on for P. Hincapie) | Arsenal |
| 82' | Substitution 4 | L. Tchaouna (on for G. Hamer) | Coventry |

## Statistics

| Stat | Arsenal | Coventry |
|------|--------|--------|
| Shots on Goal | 5 | 0 |
| Shots off Goal | 5 | 2 |
| Total Shots | 18 | 3 |
| Blocked Shots | 8 | 1 |
| Shots insidebox | 10 | 0 |
| Shots outsidebox | 8 | 3 |
| Fouls | 8 | 11 |
| Corner Kicks | 8 | 2 |
| Offsides | 5 | 0 |
| Ball Possession | 67% | 33% |
| Yellow Cards | 1 | 1 |
| Red Cards | - | - |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Total passes | 545 | 273 |
| Passes accurate | 502 | 214 |
| Passes % | 92% | 78% |
| expected_goals | 1.70 | 0.06 |
| goals_prevented | -0.96 | -0.96 |

## Arsenal Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** David Raya (1), Ben White (4), Cristhian Mosquera (3), Gabriel Magalhães (6), Riccardo Calafiori (33), Myles Lewis-Skelly (49), Declan Rice (41), Bukayo Saka (7), Martin Ødegaard (8), Christos Tzolis (17), Kai Havertz (29)

**Substitutes:** Kepa Arrizabalaga (13), Piero Hincapié (5), Eberechi Eze (10), Ethan Nwaneri (22), Mikel Merino (23), Martín Zubimendi (36), Max Dowman (56), Viktor Gyökeres (14), Noni Madueke (20)


## Coventry Lineup (4-1-4-1)

**Starting XI:** Carl Rushworth (19), Milan van Ewijk (27), Bobby Thomas (4), Aurèle Amenda (24), Jay DaSilva (3), Matt Grimes (6), Loum Tchaouna (18), Caleb Yirenkyi (8), Frank Onyeka (16), Brandon Thomas-Asante (23), Ellis Simms (9)

**Substitutes:** Ben Wilson (13), Joel Latibeaudiere (22), Liam Kitching (15), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (7), Josh Eccles (28), Victor Torp (29), Jack Rudoni (5), Gustavo Hamer (38), Taiwo Awoniyi (14)